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Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Bluejacket Books)
Yoshida Mitsuru
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Description for Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Bluejacket Books)
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A narrative of brief compass yet immense force, Yoshida Mitsuru's work makes a singular contribution to the literature of the Pacific War. Long a favourite in Japan, it was not fully translated into English until 1985 when the hardcover edition was first published in the United States to rave reviews. In April 1945 the fabled battleship Yamato was the centrepiece of a last desperate sortie by the Japanese Navy. A young ensign on the bridge during the climactic battle against American airplanes, Yoshida writes in prose that is at once terse and evocative, spare and eloquent, raising his experience on ... Read more
A narrative of brief compass yet immense force, Yoshida Mitsuru's work makes a singular contribution to the literature of the Pacific War. Long a favourite in Japan, it was not fully translated into English until 1985 when the hardcover edition was first published in the United States to rave reviews. In April 1945 the fabled battleship Yamato was the centrepiece of a last desperate sortie by the Japanese Navy. A young ensign on the bridge during the climactic battle against American airplanes, Yoshida writes in prose that is at once terse and evocative, spare and eloquent, raising his experience on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781557505446
SKU
V9781557505446
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99-50
About Yoshida Mitsuru
Yoshida Mitsuru ( 1923 – 1979) was a Japanese author and naval officer. He was the senior surviving officer on the battleship Yamato when it was sunk on 7 April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go, an attempt to support the defenders of Okinawa. His best known work is Requiem for Battleship Yamato, based on his personal experiences as a junior officer ... Read more
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